Matthew 26:12

For she, in pouring this ointment on my body, hath done it to prepare me for burial.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

In Context

11For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

13Truly do I say to you, Wherever these glad tidings shall be published in the whole world, this too which she hath done will be told for a memorial of her.

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Cross References

Mark 16:1And when the sabbath was past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

John 12:7Then said Jesus, Let her alone, that she may keep it until the day of my burial.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:7-14

Christ Anointed at Bethany. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have… Read the whole commentary →

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